Word: standings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...potent financier ("largest U. S. rail stock holder"). Reason: Prohibition. He telegraphed: "Hearty congratulations on your great acceptance speech . . . my hearty support." He explained: "I do not believe that Mr. Smith's election will settle the [Prohibition] question, but at least it will give me a chance to stand up and be counted...
...standing of Tilden would seem to be: he is out of tennis, knows it; he may seek reinstatement, but an application for reinstatement would be taken by many to be merely a gesture which would give the U. S. L. T. A. the choice of reversing its stand or of remaining adamant, thus making Tilden appear a martyr. Yet it is unlikely that Tilden cares either way: there are thousands to be made in professional tennis, not a little to be made in exploiting his reputation. Thus, without honor, passes the man who for six years dominated world tennis...
...owned and controlled by The Big Company and prostituted to its dirty work of controlling public opinion. These are the scarlet creatures of Montana journalism. The circulation and advertising of the Butte Miner have increased surprisingly since it announced its independence and appealed to the people to make a stand against further inroads on their rights...
...Stand aside, ye flabby ones! Stand aside ye fainthearted, ye who fear reprisals from power corporations and their wealthy and powerful allies! Ye who are unafraid will go forward with us in this issue that must be settled right if the Nation is to preserve a Government of the people, free and unfettered...
...real value has been arrived at, it must embrace compromises respecting submarines and categories. But the "Secropen Diplomacy" stunt of last week is open to a grave suspicion that it may be empty of any real compromise, and designed simply as a blatant advertisement that France and Great Britain stand together diplomatically however unready they may be to limit armaments...